Mark Jones
@mark18681918.bsky.social
PhD student @cardiffuni.bsky.social/Prifysgol Caerdyd. Critical historian researching regimental identity, organisational culture & learning processes within the British Army during the Cold War.
https://profiles.cardiff.ac.uk/research-staff/jonesma19
https://profiles.cardiff.ac.uk/research-staff/jonesma19
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The Origin of Tommy Atkins
While a definitive answer remains elusive, there is a lot of folklore surrounding how the British soldier got this nickname.
While I don't have the definite answer, this is what I do know:
#MilitaryHistory #BritishArmy #TommyAtkins
robertstjohnsmith.com/post/2025-12...
While a definitive answer remains elusive, there is a lot of folklore surrounding how the British soldier got this nickname.
While I don't have the definite answer, this is what I do know:
#MilitaryHistory #BritishArmy #TommyAtkins
robertstjohnsmith.com/post/2025-12...
The Origin of Tommy Atkins
Debunking some myths on the origin of the name Tommy Atkins
robertstjohnsmith.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:03 PM
The Origin of Tommy Atkins
While a definitive answer remains elusive, there is a lot of folklore surrounding how the British soldier got this nickname.
While I don't have the definite answer, this is what I do know:
#MilitaryHistory #BritishArmy #TommyAtkins
robertstjohnsmith.com/post/2025-12...
While a definitive answer remains elusive, there is a lot of folklore surrounding how the British soldier got this nickname.
While I don't have the definite answer, this is what I do know:
#MilitaryHistory #BritishArmy #TommyAtkins
robertstjohnsmith.com/post/2025-12...
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I hear you, but let me (try) and cheer you up.
Today I marked a student podcast which was one of the best things created by UGs that I've listened to in 20 years. 4 young women, 4 different backgrounds and ethnicities, talking about the female experience in history.
And that made my day.
Today I marked a student podcast which was one of the best things created by UGs that I've listened to in 20 years. 4 young women, 4 different backgrounds and ethnicities, talking about the female experience in history.
And that made my day.
December 2, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I hear you, but let me (try) and cheer you up.
Today I marked a student podcast which was one of the best things created by UGs that I've listened to in 20 years. 4 young women, 4 different backgrounds and ethnicities, talking about the female experience in history.
And that made my day.
Today I marked a student podcast which was one of the best things created by UGs that I've listened to in 20 years. 4 young women, 4 different backgrounds and ethnicities, talking about the female experience in history.
And that made my day.
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Oxford Brookes University has a huge raft of AHRC-funded PhD studentships in the Arts, Humanities and allied subjects! Both fees and a stipend covered. Take a look at the ad below - the closing date is 30th January 2026. Anyone interested at all, get in touch!
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPM937/p...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPM937/p...
PhD Studentship : AHRC Landscape Award PhD Studentship in the Arts and Humanities at Oxford Brookes University
Start your UK & international job search for academic jobs, research jobs, science jobs and managerial jobs in leading universities and top...
www.jobs.ac.uk
December 2, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Oxford Brookes University has a huge raft of AHRC-funded PhD studentships in the Arts, Humanities and allied subjects! Both fees and a stipend covered. Take a look at the ad below - the closing date is 30th January 2026. Anyone interested at all, get in touch!
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPM937/p...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPM937/p...
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My latest this AM with @warontherocks.bsky.social. Of note: "[Military officers] will be active participants with choices to make about the degree to which they continue to serve civilians intent on undermining the liberal values enshrined in the Constitution."
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The Soldier in the Illiberal State is a Professional Dead End
The American political system today is indeed in crisis. Government function is in doubt, the administration has politicized and weaponized a previously
warontherocks.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:34 PM
My latest this AM with @warontherocks.bsky.social. Of note: "[Military officers] will be active participants with choices to make about the degree to which they continue to serve civilians intent on undermining the liberal values enshrined in the Constitution."
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It's worth reading both the essay and, more importantly, the detailed and reasoned response from this student's tutors 👇
Turning Point at OU posted this girl's essay in full and man is it rough
November 30, 2025 at 12:40 PM
It's worth reading both the essay and, more importantly, the detailed and reasoned response from this student's tutors 👇
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This is the most alarming story I’ve read today. Giving up the fight before it’s started
November 30, 2025 at 9:57 AM
This is the most alarming story I’ve read today. Giving up the fight before it’s started
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The whole idea that studying the history of a country constitutes an attack on the history of a country is deeply deeply stupid.
November 29, 2025 at 6:34 PM
The whole idea that studying the history of a country constitutes an attack on the history of a country is deeply deeply stupid.
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#HistBookChat I'm thinking of writing something starting near the end of Falaise and the beginning of Market Garden. The Killing Ground is an old book but one which is still worth reading. One Christmas is a good introduction to the political events which forged The Grand Alliance.
November 28, 2025 at 10:37 PM
#HistBookChat I'm thinking of writing something starting near the end of Falaise and the beginning of Market Garden. The Killing Ground is an old book but one which is still worth reading. One Christmas is a good introduction to the political events which forged The Grand Alliance.
This is an excellent article 👇
November 29, 2025 at 8:24 AM
This is an excellent article 👇
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I suppose it would be irresponsible of me as an author if I didn’t tell everyone that USNI books are currently 50% off… including my latest, “Nothing Here Worth Dying For.”
Remember folks: A book always makes a great Christmas present!
www.usni.org/press/books?...
Remember folks: A book always makes a great Christmas present!
www.usni.org/press/books?...
Books
The U.S. Naval Institute provides an independent forum for those who seek to advance and strengthen the naval profession.
www.usni.org
November 29, 2025 at 2:39 AM
I suppose it would be irresponsible of me as an author if I didn’t tell everyone that USNI books are currently 50% off… including my latest, “Nothing Here Worth Dying For.”
Remember folks: A book always makes a great Christmas present!
www.usni.org/press/books?...
Remember folks: A book always makes a great Christmas present!
www.usni.org/press/books?...
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My family came to the U.S. before the Immigration Act of 1924 banned Japanese and cut Eastern European immigrants.
Since then, our family fought for our country in WWII, Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan.
We are the land of the free and the home of the brave because of those who became Americans.
Since then, our family fought for our country in WWII, Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan.
We are the land of the free and the home of the brave because of those who became Americans.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 4:58 PM
My family came to the U.S. before the Immigration Act of 1924 banned Japanese and cut Eastern European immigrants.
Since then, our family fought for our country in WWII, Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan.
We are the land of the free and the home of the brave because of those who became Americans.
Since then, our family fought for our country in WWII, Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan.
We are the land of the free and the home of the brave because of those who became Americans.
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What happens when nationalist history meets the horrors of empire? For @jacobinmag.bsky.social, I reviewed a new exhibition on British counterinsurgency at the Imperial War Museum jacobin.com/2025/11/brit...
Reckoning With Empire at Britain’s Imperial War Museum
An exhibition at London’s Imperial War Museum offers a welcome corrective to the nostalgia for empire common among Britain’s elites.
jacobin.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:05 PM
What happens when nationalist history meets the horrors of empire? For @jacobinmag.bsky.social, I reviewed a new exhibition on British counterinsurgency at the Imperial War Museum jacobin.com/2025/11/brit...
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Anyone interested in pursuing doctoral study in military history (broadly defined) and especially in tje strategy snd economic statecraft of tge two world wars: please drop me a line
www.birmingham.ac.uk/study/schola...
www.birmingham.ac.uk/study/schola...
College of Arts and Law Doctoral Scholarships - University of Birmingham
Fully-funded and partially-funded scholarships for doctoral research students studying in the College of Arts of Law in the 2026/27 academic year onwards
www.birmingham.ac.uk
November 5, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Anyone interested in pursuing doctoral study in military history (broadly defined) and especially in tje strategy snd economic statecraft of tge two world wars: please drop me a line
www.birmingham.ac.uk/study/schola...
www.birmingham.ac.uk/study/schola...
No #HistBookChat post this week.
Instead, I'm committing myself to the appreciation of Northern Irish whiskey (or, if you prefer, whiskey from the North of Ireland ).
Instead, I'm committing myself to the appreciation of Northern Irish whiskey (or, if you prefer, whiskey from the North of Ireland ).
November 28, 2025 at 5:13 PM
No #HistBookChat post this week.
Instead, I'm committing myself to the appreciation of Northern Irish whiskey (or, if you prefer, whiskey from the North of Ireland ).
Instead, I'm committing myself to the appreciation of Northern Irish whiskey (or, if you prefer, whiskey from the North of Ireland ).
Very excited for this - don't forget to treat your nearest and dearest to a copy for Christmas!
#HistBookChat #Skystorians #FWW #GreatWar
#HistBookChat #Skystorians #FWW #GreatWar
Volume 1 of London Pride is on its way! It examines London’s Territorial Force (TF) from 1908-21, exploring its unique structure, socio-economic composition, military operations during the GW. Ideal for office & home use & Xmas presents. Reg interest: tinyurl.com/25tty85e
@parhistory.bsky.social
@parhistory.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Very excited for this - don't forget to treat your nearest and dearest to a copy for Christmas!
#HistBookChat #Skystorians #FWW #GreatWar
#HistBookChat #Skystorians #FWW #GreatWar
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Volume 1 of London Pride is on its way! It examines London’s Territorial Force (TF) from 1908-21, exploring its unique structure, socio-economic composition, military operations during the GW. Ideal for office & home use & Xmas presents. Reg interest: tinyurl.com/25tty85e
@parhistory.bsky.social
@parhistory.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Volume 1 of London Pride is on its way! It examines London’s Territorial Force (TF) from 1908-21, exploring its unique structure, socio-economic composition, military operations during the GW. Ideal for office & home use & Xmas presents. Reg interest: tinyurl.com/25tty85e
@parhistory.bsky.social
@parhistory.bsky.social
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Cornell are having a 44% off sale until December 5th! Buy books including mine… www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
November 21, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Cornell are having a 44% off sale until December 5th! Buy books including mine… www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
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Dutch friends! A reminder that I’ll be talking Liverpool and the remaking of port cities with a fantastic panel of scholars in Amsterdam on Tuesday. It will also be livestreamed. aces.uva.nl/shared/uva-p...
Port Cities: Racism, Urbanism and Resistance - Amsterdam Centre for European Studies - ACES - University of Amsterdam
This is the Amsterdam book launch of Sam Wetherell’s award-winning book, 'Liverpool and the Unmaking of Britain' (Bloomsbury, 2025). The book explores deindustrialization, racial divides, decolonisati...
aces.uva.nl
November 23, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Dutch friends! A reminder that I’ll be talking Liverpool and the remaking of port cities with a fantastic panel of scholars in Amsterdam on Tuesday. It will also be livestreamed. aces.uva.nl/shared/uva-p...
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Join us in Belfast @centreforgender.bsky.social next Friday 28th 4-6pm for launch of Women's Troubles @frecklescorp.bsky.social @drdeiana.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/womens-tro...
Women's Troubles -Book Launch with Dr Claire Pierson
Women's Troubles Gender and Feminist Politics in Post-Agreement Northern Ireland
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Join us in Belfast @centreforgender.bsky.social next Friday 28th 4-6pm for launch of Women's Troubles @frecklescorp.bsky.social @drdeiana.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/womens-tro...
Happy #HistBookChat Friday!
Finished Peter Morton's Emergency Tour" this week (not a brilliant photograph of thr book I'm afraid). A very interesting insights from a battalion commander on his tour in South Armagh. Lots to reflect on, and I'm intrigued to see how his memoir...
#Skystorians
Finished Peter Morton's Emergency Tour" this week (not a brilliant photograph of thr book I'm afraid). A very interesting insights from a battalion commander on his tour in South Armagh. Lots to reflect on, and I'm intrigued to see how his memoir...
#Skystorians
November 21, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Happy #HistBookChat Friday!
Finished Peter Morton's Emergency Tour" this week (not a brilliant photograph of thr book I'm afraid). A very interesting insights from a battalion commander on his tour in South Armagh. Lots to reflect on, and I'm intrigued to see how his memoir...
#Skystorians
Finished Peter Morton's Emergency Tour" this week (not a brilliant photograph of thr book I'm afraid). A very interesting insights from a battalion commander on his tour in South Armagh. Lots to reflect on, and I'm intrigued to see how his memoir...
#Skystorians
Well, it's that time of year when book buying goes into overdrive! This year's theme is definitely PhD research related (and what's a PhD loan for anyway?)
Peter Taylor's trilogy is still essential reading for the conflict in Northern Ireland and will be amongst...
#HistBookChat #Skystorians
Peter Taylor's trilogy is still essential reading for the conflict in Northern Ireland and will be amongst...
#HistBookChat #Skystorians
November 14, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Well, it's that time of year when book buying goes into overdrive! This year's theme is definitely PhD research related (and what's a PhD loan for anyway?)
Peter Taylor's trilogy is still essential reading for the conflict in Northern Ireland and will be amongst...
#HistBookChat #Skystorians
Peter Taylor's trilogy is still essential reading for the conflict in Northern Ireland and will be amongst...
#HistBookChat #Skystorians
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What's left of Gaza:
Black—urban neighborhoods the IDF has fully demolished with earthmovers etc.
White—undemolished urban neighborhoods (with varying levels of major damage from 2 years of bombing, artillery, and ground fighting)
Yellow—IDF-controlled (white areas liable to further demolition)
Black—urban neighborhoods the IDF has fully demolished with earthmovers etc.
White—undemolished urban neighborhoods (with varying levels of major damage from 2 years of bombing, artillery, and ground fighting)
Yellow—IDF-controlled (white areas liable to further demolition)
November 13, 2025 at 9:55 PM
What's left of Gaza:
Black—urban neighborhoods the IDF has fully demolished with earthmovers etc.
White—undemolished urban neighborhoods (with varying levels of major damage from 2 years of bombing, artillery, and ground fighting)
Yellow—IDF-controlled (white areas liable to further demolition)
Black—urban neighborhoods the IDF has fully demolished with earthmovers etc.
White—undemolished urban neighborhoods (with varying levels of major damage from 2 years of bombing, artillery, and ground fighting)
Yellow—IDF-controlled (white areas liable to further demolition)
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Several minute piece on the BBC.
Lots of detectorists.
No archaeologists.
No-one from PAS.
No-one from museums.
No discussion of the costs or responsibilities involved.
😡
#Archaeology #Detecting #Treasure #BBC #News
Lots of detectorists.
No archaeologists.
No-one from PAS.
No-one from museums.
No discussion of the costs or responsibilities involved.
😡
#Archaeology #Detecting #Treasure #BBC #News
November 13, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Several minute piece on the BBC.
Lots of detectorists.
No archaeologists.
No-one from PAS.
No-one from museums.
No discussion of the costs or responsibilities involved.
😡
#Archaeology #Detecting #Treasure #BBC #News
Lots of detectorists.
No archaeologists.
No-one from PAS.
No-one from museums.
No discussion of the costs or responsibilities involved.
😡
#Archaeology #Detecting #Treasure #BBC #News
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I'm reviewing this book for the JAH; just wanted to put it on the radar of the nat sec crowd. Probably the most thorough and insightful account of Somalia I've encountered.
November 8, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I'm reviewing this book for the JAH; just wanted to put it on the radar of the nat sec crowd. Probably the most thorough and insightful account of Somalia I've encountered.